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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

introducing the castle green (day 3)

the building is different from almost every angle including this corner that looks almost like a castle turret. as you can see from the hanging palm branches, it's almost impossible to get a good glimpse of the hotel without some of the gardens creeping in.

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The Castle Green was in the movie Bugsy, playing a hotel in Cuba. It was hosting a meeting in Cuba with Lucky Luciano, who was played by rock impressario Bill Graham. I saw the movie in the theater at the corner of Delacey and Colorado and it was weird to see a building that I was so familiar with, only a few blocks away, and being asked to believe it was in Cuba. And Bill Graham is someone I used to see all the time at his Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, so it was odd seeing him play a gangster as well.

The annual holiday tour of the Castle Green, 99 S. Raymond Ave., is Sunday, Dec. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. It will include all of the common areas (Grand Salon, Ballroom, Moorish Room, Sunroom, Turkish Room, etc.) plus about 20 private apartments. Tickets are $20; children under 12 are free. www.castlegreen.com (click on Friends of the Castle). Proceeds fund restoration of the building's exterior.